WORLD WINE WATCH TOP WINES AT VINTAGES: under/over $20 for JANUARY 11, 2020
By DEAN TUDOR, Gothic Epicures Writing deantudor@deantudor.com. My "Wines, Beers and Spirits of the Net", a guide to thousands of news items and RSS feeds, plus references to wines, beers and spirits, has been at http://www.deantudor.com since 1994.
These notes for good wines available through LCBO Vintages (on a bi-weekly basis) can always be found at http://www.gothicepicures.blogspot.ca or at http://www.deantudor.com No winery can buy their way into – or out of – this publication.
Scores are a combination of MVC (Modal Varietal Character, e.g. a Southern Rhone would taste like a Southern Rhone) and QPR (Quality/Price Ratio value in the marketplace above or below its price).
NOTE: My recommendations are based on a sampling of the table wines chosen by the LCBO from this release for media purposes. That presentation is about 50+ different labels out of about 125 released every two weeks. These wines are basically those that fit the categories of any of the Featured Themes, Wines of the Month, Local Talent, and "new" -- wines that the LCBO has ordered in sufficient quantities for the Ontario marketplace. Not put out for us are the re-orders (even though they may be of a different vintage) , ISDs, or the expensive wines. Thus, my report comes from a restricted database. I did not taste every one of these 50+ category wines, nor did I rate several of the wines I did sample because they did not seem to be of particularly good value in terms of their price.
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL FIND --
Sherry+745448 HIDALGO LA GITANA MANZANILLA $17.95 DO Manzanilla - Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain 15% ABV, MVC/QPR: 93
Under $20
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W+458687 NOBLE VINES COLLECTION 446 CHARDONNAY 2017 $18.95 San Bernabe, Monterey County 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+514927 VINO ROSSO 2016 $17.95 Washington State 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+226530 NOBLE VINES COLLECTION 181 MERLOT 2016 $19.95 Lodi 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+378869 BARAHONDA BARRICA MONASTRELL/SYRAH 2016 $16.95 DO Yecla 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+10548 MARQUES DE LA CONCORDIA VIÑA ALARDE RESERVA 2013 $17.95 DOCa Rioja 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+480764 TUSSOCK JUMPER CHENIN BLANC 2019 $12.95 WO Western Cape 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+13512 SOLAR DOS LOBOS REGIONAL TINTO 2017 $12.95 DO Alentejo 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
R+12606 MATAHIWI ESTATE ME PINOT NOIR 2018 $19.95 Wairarapa, North Island 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90.5
R+12124 BROTHERS IN WINE PRIMITIVO 2016 $15.95 IGT Salento 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90.5
W+10950 RIOLITE IL POGGIO GUERRIERO FALANGHINA BENEVENTANO 2017 $15.95 IGP 12.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+670505 CHÂTEAU DE TRÉVIAC CORBIÈRES 2017 $17.95 AP 14.5 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+368167 CHÂTEAU RECOUGNE 2016 $15.95 AC Bordeaux Supérieur 14.5 % ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+11355 DOMAINE TANO PÉCHARD LES BRUYÈRES RÉGNIÉ 2017 $16.95 AC 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90.
W+10927 DOMAINE DE JOx ENVIE 2017 $14.95 IGP Côtes de Gascogne MVC/QPR: 89
W+10697 LACHETEAU MUSCADET 2018 $13.95 AP 11.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
W+10683 PIERRE SPARR SOL CALCAIRE RIESLING 2015 $18.95 AC Alsace 13% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+10514 CHÂTEAU SAINT-LOUIS LA PERDRIX L'ENVOL 2018 $12.95 AP Costières de Nîmes 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10006 CAMILLE CAYRAN CAVE DE CAIRANNE LE CHÊNE NOIR 2017 $15.95 AP Côtes du Rhône-Villages 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 91
W+11953 FOGOLAR RIESLING 2016 16.95 VQA Niagara Peninsula 9.1% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+10968 PIATTELLI RESERVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2016 $16.95 Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+203158 THORN-CLARKE TERRA BAROSSA CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2018 $17.95 Barossa, South Australia 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
Over $20
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W+226936 RODNEY STRONG SONOMA COUNTY CHARDONNAY 2017 $23.95 Sonoma County 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+013246 BOGLE VINEYARDS OLD VINE ZINFANDEL 2016 $22.95 California 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+12407 LUCIANO ARDUINI CLASSICO SUPERIORE VALPOLICELLA RIPASSO 2017 $20.95 DOC 14.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
R+461699 HENRY OF PELHAM SPECK FAMILY RESERVE BACO NOIR 2017 VQA Ontario $24.95 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
R+12675 CLOS DE LUZ MASSAL 1945 CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2016 $21.95 Almahue, DO Rapel Valley 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 88
R+164715 BRANCAIA TRE 2016 $24.95 IGT Toscana 14% ABV, MVC/QPR: 89
W+273334 BACHELDER MINERALITÉ DE L'OREGON CHARDONNAY 2015 $24.95 Willamette Valley 13.5% ABV, MVC/QPR: 90
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